Short and Long Term Behaviour of Polypropylene Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams with Minimum Steel Reinforcement

2021 ◽  
pp. 342-353
Author(s):  
Nikola Tošić ◽  
Albert de la Fuente
1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa G Sherif ◽  
Walter H Dilger

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the provisions of CSA A23.3-94 for the deflection calculations of normal and high strength reinforced concrete beams. Comparison is made with the provisions of CEB-FIP MC 90 and EC 2 which is similar to the MC 90. Both short- and long-term deflections are discussed. Tests from the literature are used to assess the calculation methods suggested by the codes. These methods are the effective moment of inertia approach, the mean curvature approach, and the bilinear method. A parametric study is carried out to investigate the effect of the level of loading, shape of bending moment, and reinforcement ratio on the predicted deflections.Key words: code predictions, deflections, long term, reinforced concrete beams, short term.


Author(s):  
Aocheng Zhong ◽  
Massoud Sofi ◽  
Elisa Lumantarna ◽  
Zhiyuan Zhou ◽  
Priyan Mendis

AbstractSteel fibre (SF) reinforcement has been shown to improve the ductility of high strength concrete (HSC), which is known to be brittle. Research conducted to date on steel fibre reinforced concrete and its effects have emphasised post-failure performance and cracking mechanism. The difficulty in predicting the behaviour of fibres is due to the randomly distributed nature of the material within the matrix leading to a probability distribution of results. Published literature has shown a benefit of adding steel fibres in terms of the ductility performance of structures. Clearly, there is a potential for such material as replacement of conventional steel reinforcement. This study proposes a theoretical model of evaluating the potential of using steel fibres as a replacement material to conventional steel reinforcement bars based on the case study, laboratory and theoretical methodologies. The compressive strength of the concrete at key dates, the effective fibre cross-sectional were measured, and a prediction model was created based on the measurement parameters. The use of four-point flexural testing, standard compressive testing and software image modelling provided the study with relevant data used to analyse and compare to the prediction. Greater ductility performance and toughness were observed with increased fibre volumes, confirming proposed predictions and conclusion drawn from published literature. No consistent or conclusive correlations between fibre volumes and the compressive strength of concrete were found. A relationship between fibre volumes and predicted moment capacities of steel fibre reinforced concrete beams was found based on the proposed theoretical flexural analysis method.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Constantinos B. Demakos ◽  
Constantinos C. Repapis ◽  
Dimitros P. Drivas

Aims: The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of the volume fraction of fibres, the depth of the beam and the shear span-to-depth ratio on the shear strength of steel fibre reinforced concrete beams. Background: Concrete is a material widely used in structures, as it has high compressive strength and stiffness with low cost manufacturing. However, it presents low tensile strength and ductility. Therefore, through years various materials have been embedded inside it to improve its properties, one of which is steel fibres. Steel fibre reinforced concrete presents improved flexural, tensile, shear and torsional strength and post-cracking ductility. Objective: A better understanding of the shear performance of SFRC could lead to improved behaviour and higher safety of structures subject to high shear forces. Therefore, the influence of steel fibres on shear strength of reinforced concrete beams without transverse reinforcement is experimentally investigated. Methods: Eighteen concrete beams were constructed for this purpose and tested under monotonic four-point bending, six of which were made of plain concrete and twelve of SFRC. Two different aspect ratios of beams, steel fibres volume fractions and shear span-to-depth ratios were selected. Results: During the experimental tests, the ultimate loading, deformation at the mid-span, propagation of cracks and failure mode were detected. From the tests, it was shown that SFRC beams with high volume fractions of fibres exhibited an increased shear capacity. Conclusion: The addition of steel fibres resulted in a slight increase of the compressive strength and a significant increase in the tensile strength of concrete and shear resistance capacity of the beam. Moreover, these beams exhibit a more ductile behaviour. Empirical relations predicting the shear strength capacity of fibre reinforced concrete beams were revised and applied successfully to verify the experimental results obtained in this study.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Novita Ike Triyuliani ◽  
Sri Murni Dewi ◽  
Lilya Susanti

The innovations strengthening building structures are important topics. Failure in structures such as beams and columns due to time, re-functions of a building, even initial design errors that are weak or lack the safety factor of a building structure. External reinforced concrete beams are one of the beams currently being developed. It is a concrete block with reinforcement of steel reinforcement on the outer (external) of the beam. This study aims to determine the index of increasing beam strength and ductility after retrofitting external steel reinforcement, which has the dimension of beams 15 x 15 x 100 cm, repeating 12 pcs, with external reinforcement each 6 pcs 2Ø6 and 3Ø6. The results from this study are an increasing the index of beam flexural strength after retrofit with external steel reinforcement. Meanwhile, beams after retrofit with 2Ø6 external steel have an average increase index of 1.25 and 1.21 while for external steel 3Ø6 are 1.29 and 1.60 respectively. The ductility depends on the value of ultimate load and maximum deflection that occurs, where the ductility value for the comparison of each specimen experiences a reduction in the average ductility value with 2Ø6 external steel which is 37.74% and 70.95% while with 3Ø6 external steel is 61,65% and 60.62%. Berbagai inovasi upaya peningkatan kekuatan struktur bangunan telah menjadi bahasan yang penting. Kegagalan pada struktur seperti balok dan kolom karena umur, alih fungsi suatu bangunan, bahkan kesalahan desain awal yang lemah atau kurang memenuhi faktor keamanan suatu struktur bangunan. Balok beton bertulangan eksternal adalah salah satu balok yang sedang dikembangkan pada saat ini, yaitu balok beton dengan perkuatan tulangan baja di sisi terluar (eksternal). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui indeks peningkatan kekuatan balok dan daktilitas setelah dilakukan perbaikan menggunakan tulangan baja eksternal, dengan dimensi balok 15 × 15 × 100 cm berulang 12 buah, penambahan tulangan baja eksternal masingmasing 6 buah 2Ø6 dan 3Ø6. Hasil yang didapat dari penelitian ini adalah indeks peningkatan kekuatan lentur balok setelah dilakukan perbaikan menggunakan tulangan baja eksternal. Dimana balok setelah dilakukan perbaikan dengan baja eksternal 2Ø6 memiliki indeks peningkatan rata-rata 1,25 dan 1,21 sedangkan untuk baja eksternal 3Ø6 masing-masing 1,29 dan 1,60. Daktilitas tergantung dari nilai beban ultimit dan lendutan maksimum yang terjadi, dimana nilai daktilitas untuk perbandingan tiap benda uji mengalami reduksi nilai daktilitas rata-rata dengan baja eksternal 2Ø6 yaitu sebesar 37,74% dan 70,95% sedangkan dengan baja eksternal 3Ø6 sebesar 61,65% dan 60,62%.


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